document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=343822>Question 343822</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> my MOM AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE THIS PROBLEM OUT WE CAN NOT COME UP WITH THE ANSWER.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "tHE INSTUCTIONS STATE INSERT PARENTHESES SO THAT THE EQUAION IS CORRET.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "THE EQUATION IS 8+4*2+7/3=20. WE HAVE TRIED FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS AND NOTHING COMES OUT CORRECT,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "MY EMAIL ADDRESS nicklas28570@yahoo.com\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you for you help.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #245955 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=245955\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <font face=\"Garamond\" size=\"+2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First things first.  Typing in all CAPS is the text communications equivalent of shouting.  It is both annoying and rude.  Let's all use our inside voices children.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Second thing.  Never, never, NEVER (yes I shouted on purpose) give out your e-mail address in a public forum -- especially if you are a minor.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now for your math problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that the answer (the RHS of your equation) is an integer, and that you are going to have to divide <i>something</i> by 3.  Now if you divide just 7 by 3, you get a non-integer that will have to be combined with other integers.  So just the 7 as the numerator over the 3 won't work.  But 2 + 7 is 9 and that is evenly divisible by 3.  But so is 4 times 2 is 8 plus 7 is 15.  But 15 divided by 3 is 5 plus 8 is only 13.  So let's go back to the 2 + 7 as the numerator.  That is 9 divided by 3 is 3.  That is really all you have to do because order of operations says multiplication first.  3 times 4 is 12 plus 8 is 20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 8\ +\ 4\ *\ \frac{(2\ +\ 7)}{3}\ =\ 20\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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